C J Campbell wrote:

If the market was worth the development cost then they would do it. It is
all about money. No one gives a #*&^( about your opinion that one OS is
'better' than another.

Last I looked, AOPA was based in the United States, not some lunatic's
idea of a socialist paradise that requires equal effort be spent on all
operating systems, no matter how few people use each one.

If the AOPA planner wasn't a web based application then I'd agree with you.
Current market conditions would make it very difficult to justify spending
even a small extra amount to provide support for Linux and OSX.

But development for web based content that is platform independent need not
cost any more. Combine that with the fact that Mac and Linux usage is
growing and I think it makes AOPA look rather short sighted.

At some point Macs and Linux boxen may become a large enough segment that
AOPA will want to provide support for them. Porting a Windows only app will
then add to whatever it cost them now.

The Internet works best when it is platform independent and so everytime
someone puts content out that excludes a whole class machines we all lose.

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Frank....H